I'm playin' through Fallout 2 right now and it's as good as ever!
Anywho, yeah. Bethesda does some great games and all, but there's a lot of unease about them doing it. I do remember reading somewhere a lot of the guys there have played the first two and loved every second of it, so they're trying.
At the same time though, I'm very unsure because the last Fallout game, 'Brotherhood of Steel' for the Xbox should've been called 'PoS' as it was downright horrible! I played five minutes and said 'This isn't fallout!' Just happy I didn't buy the damn thing!
Anyway, Fallout 3 I am thinking will be faithful to the series and all, but at the same time, I'm not too sure about it...